Augustin Gilbert
Augustin Nicolas Gilbert (1858-1927) was a French physician.
Biography
- Born on February 15, 1858
- 1880 – Graduated medicine from the University of Paris; interne at the Hôtel-Dieu
- 1888 – Médecin des hôpitaux; agrégé (1889)
- 1902 – professor of therapeutics, Hôpital de Dieu
- 1905 – professor of clinical medicine, Hôpital de Dieu
- Died on March 4, 1927
Medical Eponyms
Gilbert syndrome (1901)
[aka Meulengracht syndrome; Gilbert-Meulengrach syndrome; Gilbert-Lereboullet syndrome]
Gilbert’s syndrome: congenital, benign, chronic, intermittent hyperbilirubinemia. Fluctuating episodes of jaundice in the absence of any specific symptoms, with an excess of unconjugated bilirubin present in the urine.
Controversies
Major Publications
- Brouradel P, Gilbert A, Girode J. Traité de médecine et de thérapeutique. 1895
- Gilbert A, Castaigne J, Lereboullet P. De l’ictère familial. Contribution à l’étude de la diathèse biliaire. Bulletins et mémoires de la Société médicale des hôpitaux de Paris. 1900; 17: 948-959 [Gilbert syndrome]
- Gilbert A. La cholémie simple familiale. Semaine médicale. 1901; 21: 241-243 [Gilbert syndrome]
References
Biography
- Peschanski N, Cadogan M. Sixteen French doctors (1906). LITFL
- Bibliography. Gilbert, Augustin (1858-1927). WorldCat Identities
Eponymous terms
eponym
the person behind the name
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